True crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds Super 8 film footage in the attic of his new home. It depicts the massacre of the house's previous inhabitants and from the minute he watches the film he is doomed, unleashing an ancient pagan deity whose only purpose is to corrupt the young and turn them into homicidal maniacs.
Scott Derrickson's film may not break any new ground, but it is a masterful genre piece, slowly building the tension as the main protagonist comes to the realisation that he and his family are in mortal danger, but that he is powerless to stop what is coming.
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Genre | Thriller |
Format | Digital |
Language | English |
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Emily (Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Martin (Channing Tatum - The Vow) are successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily's psychiatrist (Jude Law - Sherlock Holmes) intended to treat anxiety has unexpected and dangerous side effects. From director Steve Soderbergh (Contagion, Magic Mike, Ocean s Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen) comes a riveting psychological thriller where neither the symptoms nor the cure are quite as straightforward as they seem.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product dimensions : 1.5 x 19 x 13.5 cm; 70 Grams
- Item Model Number : 5030305516895
- Media Format : Digital
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : E1 Entertainment
- ASIN : B00CPKENKG
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 18,021 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Zombiefishfish
4.0 out of 5 stars
Masterful Genre Piece
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2021Verified Purchase
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Lendrick
3.0 out of 5 stars
Effective Hitchcockian Thriller
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2022Verified Purchase
Side Effects hints that it might have something to say about 'big pharma' or the increasing use of anti-depressants. Bit those are really just backdrops to a well-made but somewhat predictable thriller. It's the sort of film you'll feel that you have seen before, even if you haven't. Given the director and cast it's all quality stuff, but ultimately left me feeling 'is that it?'

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4.0 out of 5 stars
side affects
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 April 2021Verified Purchase
I enjoyed watching the scheming pair trying to set up a doctor saying he over prescribed medicine for someone with
anxiety when she didn't but in the end the truth came out when the patient who was over prescribed gave the other doctor up to the police
anxiety when she didn't but in the end the truth came out when the patient who was over prescribed gave the other doctor up to the police
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Schenksie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very clever
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2014Verified Purchase
Leaving aside what are obvious no-no's - as a psychotherapist, the gaffes in the script are painful but leeway for artistic licence must be given since - this is a very good story. Jude Law is excellent. Pretty boy-turned mans, his acting conveys the subtly and intelligence of his part which could not have been conveyed without it being inherent to the actor. The actress Rooney Mara is chilling, Catherine Zeta-Jones is good (looks a bit like a gargoyle in what appears as an attempt to lessen her good looks for the sake of gravitas - didn't work and was a little distracting) and Channing Tatum was also very good. I have to say there was one section in the film where I had become sufficiently bored to be on the brink of turning it off, but I persevered and for the sake of the at the end - I was glad. It was a great ending, both from the plot's twists and from the sense of satisfaction. would watch it again.
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P. R. Storey
1.0 out of 5 stars
Why Do They Bother ?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2022Verified Purchase
This film is meant to be a horror film ,so you would expect to have some jumps and scares along the way . This film has none of that , a paper thin script , total rubbish. The horror genre is on it's last legs and they made a sequel to this garbage.